Proposition 50 proposes a mid-decade redrawing of California's congressional districts to shore up at least five Democratic U.S. House seats ahead of the midterms. The effort is framed as a response to a proposed Texas Republican gerrymander designed to help the GOP retain control of Congress. President Trump threatened a lawsuit and said he would involve the Department of Justice. California Republicans filed a complaint asking the state Supreme Court to remove Prop 50 from the ballot, arguing the legislature cannot retroactively grant itself redistricting power. Democratic officials maintain the proposal is legal and necessary.
"I think I'm going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon, and I think we're going to be very successful," Trump said. "We're going to be filing it through the Department of Justice, that's going to happen."
"If anybody's rigging the election, it's Gavin Newsom," Strickland said. "What he wants is to make sure that we have no competitive elections in California and have a predetermined election."
"The legislature cannot break the law and ask for the people later to retroactively give it the power to redistrict," said Mike Columbo, a partner at Dhillon Law Group.
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